TY - JOUR
T1 - Community-based social impact assessment
T2 - The case of salmon-recovery on the lower snake river
AU - Harris, Charles C.
AU - Nielsen, Erik A.
AU - McLaughlin, William J.
AU - Becker, Dennis R.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - This paper presents a process for gathering and using data for socio-economic indicators in a community-based impact assessment conducted in 1999 across a three-state area. It assessed community-level impacts of alternative Federal actions to recover salmon runs, ranging from maintaining the existing hydro system to breaching four dams on the lower Snake River. Residents from 27 diverse communities participated in structured, interactive forums that sought to empower them with an understanding of the results of concurrent biological, economic and physical impact studies as the basis for making more informed judgments. This approach raises significant issues for developing and applying socio-economic indicators to a highly controversial effort to sustain endangered species across a large landscape.
AB - This paper presents a process for gathering and using data for socio-economic indicators in a community-based impact assessment conducted in 1999 across a three-state area. It assessed community-level impacts of alternative Federal actions to recover salmon runs, ranging from maintaining the existing hydro system to breaching four dams on the lower Snake River. Residents from 27 diverse communities participated in structured, interactive forums that sought to empower them with an understanding of the results of concurrent biological, economic and physical impact studies as the basis for making more informed judgments. This approach raises significant issues for developing and applying socio-economic indicators to a highly controversial effort to sustain endangered species across a large landscape.
KW - Community collaboration
KW - Environmental planning
KW - Participatory research
KW - Salmon recovery
KW - Social impact assessment
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U2 - 10.3152/147154603781766419
DO - 10.3152/147154603781766419
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0038007574
VL - 21
SP - 109
EP - 118
JO - Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal
JF - Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal
SN - 1461-5517
IS - 2
ER -